Twombls t1_irb07an wrote on October 6, 2022 at 5:23 PM

Reply to comment by raz0rsnak3 in Why Bernie rocks! He's not wrong. by DCLexiLou

We have lots of open unused fields that are perfect for solar arrays. Combined with power storage solar is actually pretty good in vt.

Catatonic27 t1_irbcyfy wrote on October 6, 2022 at 6:49 PM

What storage are your referring to? The vast majority of solar installations do not include any significant energy storage infrastructure as far as I'm aware. Batteries are very expensive and not very good for the job.

syphax t1_ircmcb7 wrote on October 7, 2022 at 12:41 AM

That will change

Catatonic27 t1_ircwkvw wrote on October 7, 2022 at 2:08 AM

I certainly hope you're right, but I've been around too long not to be at least a little skeptical of new revolutionary battery startups. I'll believe it when I see it, just like all the other largely theoretical grid level storage solutions. I don't want our strategy be naive trust that currently-intangible technologies will save us sometime in the indefinite future, I would rather see us invest in tried and true solutions like nuclear and offshore wind, and do it NOW.

raz0rsnak3 t1_irbgbef wrote on October 6, 2022 at 7:12 PM

I just meant we have lack of sun in VT. Also, we don't have great/affordable storage.

Amity83 t1_irb8v9v wrote on October 6, 2022 at 6:21 PM

What about winter when there is less sun and snow covers the panels? Also battery storage is prohibitively expensive right now. We could put wind turbines on hillside maybe but that means cutting down trees.